Ranefer
| Ranefer in hieroglyphs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rˀ-nfr Ra-nefer Ra is beautiful | ||||
Ranefer (or Ranofer) was a prince of ancient Egypt during the 4th Dynasty (Old Kingdom of Egypt).[1]
His name, Ranefer, comes from the Egyptian god Ra and the Ancient Egyptian word nefer (nfr), meaning "beauty."
Ranefer, who had the title King’s Son,
Ranefer worked as an overseer for his fatherskull and its innards were found in a canopic chest in the tomb.[12]
References
- ^ Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt: A Genealogical Sourcebook of the Pharaohs, 2004, Thames & Hudson
- ^ Bart, Anneke, Seneferu
- ^ Hill, Jenny. "Children and grandchildren of Sneferu".
- ^ The California Institute for Ancient Studies. "The Kings of the 4th Dynasty".
- ^ Old Kingdom Monuments Organized by Ruler, Wikiversity
- ^ Snofru, Ranefer's father Archived 2010-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Justine Victoria Way, From Privilege to Poverty: The Life-cycle of Pyramid Settlements During the Old Kingdom
- ^ Marsh, Cynthia (6 April 2013). "Egyptian Pharaoh Sneferu and His Overachieving Children".
- ^ "Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt". Preservation of the viscera.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Ikram & Dodson 1998:110-111
- ^ Petrie, William Matthew Flinders (1892). "Medum".
- ^ McArthur, Riana (31 August 2011). The Evolution of the Technique of Human Mummification (ca.5000 BCE – ca.395 CE). p. 17.